Sociology UGC NET Paper Sample Question-Answer in English (Lesson 21) :-

1. Which one of the following gender-related issues, according to the Supreme Court guidelines, formed into an Act in 2013 ?
(1) Dowry deaths

(2) Honour killings

(3) Sexual Harassment at the workplace

(4) Domestic Violence

2. Low Birth weight and pregnancy wastage in a given population occur primarily due to:-

(1) Insufficient health care

(2) Female illiteracy

(3) Maternal malnutrition

(4) Traditional practices

3.  In which year the first phase of the ‘"Reproductive and Child Health Project" was initiated in India ?

(1) 1995

(2) 2000

(3) 2005

(4) 1997

4. Who among the following has developed the theory of Step Migration ?

(1) Ravenstein

(2) DJ Bogue

(3) ES Lee

(4) K Davis

5. The slogan “Save Planet Earth” was generated at:-

(1) Rio Earth Summit

(2) Jakarta Summit

(3) Copenhagen Summit

(4) Brazil Summit

6. Which one is not the part of dependency theories of development ?

(1) Centre-Periphery

(2) Under development

(3) Core

(4) Smart City

7. Human Development Index was developed by:-
(1) Dr. Manmohan Singh

(2) Dr. Mahbub ul Haq

(3) Dr. Asish Bose

(4) Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia

8. When did the first National Commission on Labour submit its Report on labour problems, both in the organized and unorganized sector ?
(1) 2002

(2) 1969

(3) 1952

(4) 2006

9. According to Max Weber "alienation in a capitalistic system" refers to:-

(1) Estrangement with one’s work

(2) Disenchantment of a worker

(3) Freedom from the routine work

(4) Engagement with the work

10. Which among the following is not the essential characteristic of bureaucracy ?

(1) Oral communication

(2) Division of labour

(3) Written rules

(4) Impersonal relations

11.  Who initiated the studies in Industrial Sociology in India after its Independence?

(1) Rangarajan and Ramaswamy

(2) Mehta and Tripathi

(3) Sheth and Mayers

(4) Breman and Das

12. From among the following who has studied peasant movements in the Indian context ?

(1) David Hardiman

(2) DN Majumdar

(3) DN Dhanagare

(4) SC Dube

13. “Nationalism in India is a product of the material condition created by the British colonialism.” Whose statement is it ?

(1) David E. Apter

(2) R. Bendix

(3) TK Oommen

(4) AR Desai

14. Who has written/edited the book "Peasants and Peasant Societies" ?

(1) Robert Redfield

(2) T Shanin

(3) Eric Wolf

(4) Oscar Lewis

15. Who among the following are the prominent members of little tradition in Indian Society?

(1) Folk artists

(2) Teachers

(3) Elites

(4) Nobles

16. Among the following who has given six-fold classification of Indian traditions ?

(1) MN Srinivas

(2) McKim Marriott

(3) Milton Singer

(4) SC Dube

17. Who among the following attempted to discover the social causes of suicide by relating the rates of suicide in different social groups to the characteristics of the group ?

(1) EH Sutherland

(2) E Durkheim

(3) Max Weber

(4) RK Merton

18.  How many towns are there in India as per census 2011 ?

(1) 7935

(2) 8112

(3) 5161

(4) 7703

19. Who among the following has mobilized the poor for the right to information in Rajasthan particularly and other parts of the country as well ?

(1) Mridula Mukherjee

(2) Aruna Roy

(3) Pupul Jayakar

(4) Krishan Bhatia

20.  Which of the following tribes is metrilocal and matrilineal ?

(1) Kadar

(2) Toda

(3) Khasi

(4) Mizo

(Answer Key 21)
1. Option 3 (Sexual Harassment at the Workplace)
2. Option 3 (Maternal Malnutrition)
3. Option 4 (1997)
4. Option 1 | Ernst Georg Ravenstein
5. Option 1 (Rio Earth Summit)
6. Option 4 (Smart City)
7. Option 2 (Dr. Mahbub ul Haq)
8. Option 2 (1969)
9. Option 2 (Disenchantment of a Worker)
10. Option 1 (Oral Communication)
11. Option 3 (Sheth & Mayers)
12. Option 3 (DN Dhanagare)
13. Option 4 (AR Desai)
14. Option 2 (Teodor Shanin)
15. Option 1 (Folk Artists)
16. Option 4 (SC Dube)
17. Option 2 (Emile Durkheim)
18. Option 1 (7935)
19. Option 2 (Aruna Roy)
20. Option 3 (Khasi)